Worldcoin (WLD) lobbed nearly 10% on Wednesday, extending a rally that pushed the identity-verification token to multi-month highs.

‘World’-Class

WLD was the third-best-performing cryptocurrency over the past 24 hours, decisively outperforming higher-valued, more popular tokens.

WLD soared to $0.58 over the weekend, a level last seen in late June. The coin is up 44% over the month.

Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 11:45 p.m. EDT)
Worldcoin (WLD)+9.7%$0.5373
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               		+0.60%$2,685
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)             +0.60%$83,451

World Network launched in 2023 as a decentralized identity verification project to tell real humans apart from the flood of AI bots. To do this, they collect people’s biometrics, including irises, using a proprietary device called Orb.

Tools For Humanity, a tech company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is the primary developer of the project.

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What is the Catalyst?

WLD’s latest spike coincided with the Trump administration’s push for rapid AI adoption, including the White House Accord on Super Intelligence and rebranding AI as “Super Intelligence.”

Growing interest in AI agents, including Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) efforts in the space, may have also contributed to the rally. World’s proof-of-humanity approach positions it as the infrastructure layer that helps close the trust gap for autonomous AI systems.

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